nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-7

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PAASURAM-3 (contd)

 

(Alil thuyindradhuvum) When the jeevatmas were endangered during the

pralaya kalam, emperuman the savior of one and all immediately came

to his rescue. Emperuman gave a safe shelter for all the jeevatmas

in his stomach and he himself without any worry relaxed on an Alilai

(banyan leaf). He has the whole universe inside his stomach but what

a surprise he lies on the small banyan leaf like a small innocent kid.

 

 

[At this point we all have to meditate on that small kid “bAlam

mukundam manasAsmarAmi” (balamukundAshtakam).]

 

(ArarivAr) Who will really understand the simplicity with which the

great supreme lord lies on the banyan leaf? Who will be able to

visualize this sowlabhyam/neermai? One can even perceive the

greatness (mEnmai) but it is very difficult to perceive the easily

available nature of emperuman (neermai).

 

(yAnarindhavAru ArarivAr) Emperuman showed me his sowlabhyam and

other great qualities and made me realize the same. Can anyone who

is making their own try to understand his kalyana gunas through

different sAdhanAnushtAnams know it the same way as I have?

 

(PAlil kidandhadhuvum pandarangam mEyadhuvum Alil thuyindradhuvum

ArarivAr) Will those who want to understand emperuman by their own

efforts really understand the efforts he is making to capture us? If

they have realized his efforts then no one will ever make their own

effort instead they will wait for his nirheduka krupai to be showered

on them.

 

[When emperuman shows his greatness to us then it is surely complete

that is why EmperumAnAr while taking pillaiurangAvillidAsar to the

sannadhi of Periya perumal requested ranganatha to shower his grace

and show that beautiful eyes which was visualized by thiruppAnAzhvar.

Many devotees visit ranganatha each day do they all have the same

darshan? No. Since they try to see perumal with the eyes they have,

but if we pray to emperuman to give his divine darshan then he is

sure to bless us with “divyam dadhAmithE chakshuhu:” as he did for

arjuna to have the vishvaroopa darshanam]

 

(pAlil kidandhadhuvum ArarivAr) “pAlAzhi nee kidakkum panbhai yAm

kEttEyum kAlAzhum nenjazhiyum kansuzhalum” (As soon as we hear about

the way you are lying in thirupparkadal we are unable to stand our

heart melts and we feel giddy) Will we who loose ourselves on hearing

about emperuman’s existence on the pArkadal know about him or will the

strong hearted persons who do all soughts of sAdhanAnushtanams to

realize him understand him?

 

(pandarangam mEyadhuvum ArarivAr)“karuvarangaththutkidandhum

kaithozhudEn kandEn thiruvarangamEyAn thisai”(I saw and prostrated

the direction in which thiruvarangan stays even while I was inside

the fetus of the mother) Will we who always remained in the thought

of emperuman starting from day one and even while inside the mother’s

stomach really understand him or will those who say

“prathimAsvaprabhuththAnAm” (emperuman stays with archaroopam for the

benefit of agnanis-ignorant masses) understand him fully?

 

(Alil thuyindradhuvum ArarivAr)“Alandru, vElai neerulladhO vinnadhO

mannadhO sOlai soozh kundreduttAi sollu” (Did the banyan leaf stay on

top of water, in this world or else where Oh lord who carried the

whole mountain filled with forests in his fingers please say)We, who

are deeply blessed by you, can understand this

agadithagatanAsAmarthiyam (the mastery to do things which cannot be

done by ordinary men) of yours, who else can do it?

 

So does emperuman have only simplicity doesn’t he have the supremacy

and greatness? [avanukku neermaiyum vundO mEnmaiyum vundO] which

azhvar proceeds to explain further. A diamond stone has it own

precious nature but studding the same diamond in a gold ornament

increases the valuable nature of the diamond. In the gold ornament

the diamond glitters more. Similarly greatness alone will not make

emperuman shine but the simplicity/neermai added to the greatness

makes emperuman glitter with fame.

 

(jnAlaththoru porulai) “sadhEva sOmyEdhamakra Aseeth EkamEvA

advitheeyam” (Oh! my child this world was initially one (sat) there

was nothing to second) “A-kO ha vai nArAyana Aseeth na brahmA

nEsAna:” (Narayanan alone was there there was no brahma or sivan)

declares the Upanishads. That brahmam that was responsible for the

creation of the whole universe.(jnAlaththoru porulai) That thing

which stays as the whole world; Initially it stayed as

sooshmachitachitvishitta brahmam (the chit and achits all stayed in

the invisible form inside the Brahman without any form or name) then

after srishti (creation) they have become stoolachitachitvishittam

(all the chit and achit stays in the visible form with name)

 

(vAnavar tham meiporulai) The one who is the prApyam (one who is to be

attained/leader) to the nithya sooris. “yO devEpya Adhapathi yO

devAnAm purOhitha:” “sadhA pashyanthi sooraya:” says the vedArtham.

 

(appil aruporulai) “appu” means water. Emperuman, the creator of the

whole world (jagatkAranan) first created the ocean of water and then

lied on it himself. “apa Eva sasarjAdow” (he first created water),

“ApO nArA ethi prOkthA ApO vai narasoonava: I thA yathasyAyanam

poorvam thEna nArAyaNa: smrutha:II”(Water is called as nAram as it

was created by the paramatmA otherwise called as naran. Since it is

the place of existence for emperuman he is called as nArAyanan) says

the manusmrithi,“srushtvA nAram thOyamandha: sthithOham thEna syAnmE

nAma nArAyanEthi” (since I created the water called as nAram and

since I stay inside it I am called as nArAyanAn) says emperuman in

the varahapuranam. Further the meanings conveyed by the vedic verses

“ambhasyapArE” and “samudhrEntham” and “yamenthas samudrE kavayO

vayanthi” (the one who is praised by poets to be in the ocean) are

being reflected by azhvar here. Further nammazhvar also says,

“nammai punal panni”

“thAnOr peruneer thannullE thORRi adhanul kanvalarum”

 

(yAnarindhavAru ArarivAr) Who will understand him like me? Those who

understand his greatness do not realize his simplicity and those who

dwell in his simplicity cease to realize his greatness. I am one

person who has understood both. SAdhanAnthraparas do not know his

neermai and devadhAnthraparas do not know his mEnmai but I know both

declares thirumazhisai azhvar with pride (sAthvika ahankaram).

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

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